a16z Podcast: Boards, from Both Sides of the Table
A board veteran who has sat on both sides of the table, CEO of PagerDuty Jennifer Tejada shares what you gain from board membership (vs. being only an operator). How does being a board member change y...
11 Mai 201720min
a16z Podcast: On Wearables, Quantified Self, and Biohacking
It’s the end of the beginning — not the beginning of the end — for wearables, argue the guests in this episode of the a16z Podcast. Especially as we move from the first, to the next, generation of wea...
1 Mai 201731min
a16z Podcast: The Rise of the Digital 'Pill'
The first thing that comes to mind when treating health problems is the need to take a pill (or other pharmaceutical) of some kind. But could a digital therapeutic -- a software-based intervention -- ...
28 Apr 201726min
a16z Podcast: QR. AR. VR.
In this hallway-style episode of the podcast, a16z partners Connie Chan and Kyle Russell discuss recent announcements at Facebook's annual developer conference, F8, in the context of trends such as: m...
25 Apr 201728min
a16z Podcast: The Science Of Extending Life
Is it real or science fiction to dream of being able to treat… getting old? In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Thomas Rando from Stanford (who directs the Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging), Kri...
18 Apr 201729min
a16z Podcast: Crisis Communications
A crisis is an opportunity to change one's culture, to model scenarios and set up a crisis plan/process, to become a better company. But it's also a bit like therapy, from the act of asking probing qu...
13 Apr 201733min
a16z Podcast: Monetizing Open Source (Or, All Enterprise Software)
Here’s what we know about open source: Developers are the new buyers. Community matters. And there will never be another Red Hat (i.e., a successful “open core” business model … nor do we necessarily ...
11 Apr 201729min
a16z Podcast: The Changing Culture of Open Source
The culture of open source has changed across generations, from previous ones that had to fight for the brave new way -- to the current "GitHub generation" that not only accepts open source, but expec...
8 Apr 201739min
